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Africa North

Kerry Lectures Egypt on Democracy as U.S. Releases Aid

2014-06-23

[AnNahar] U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
pressed Egypt's former military leaders Sunday to allow greater political freedoms, warning the nation faced a "critical moment," as he arrived on a surprise visit.

D'you suppose the honourable Secretary of State still carries that hat with him everywhere?

Kerry became the highest-ranking U.S. official to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi since he came to power earlier this month, as part of a rocky transition to democracy since the ousting of long-time leader Hosni Mubarak
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...

Posted by:trailing wife

#8 U.S. officials also revealed that $572 million (420 million euros) in aid, which had been frozen since October, was released to the Cairo government about 10 days ago after finally winning a green light from Congress.

I guess I could tolerate the turd-polisher droning on a few hours for 572 rocks.

Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-06-23 17:50

#7 Shut up John. Stop talking.

Posted by: irishrageboy 2014-06-23 15:48

#6 Greetings from Rantburg, Paul dear. Don't forget to post photos in the O Club so we all can enjoy your wanderings. (And thank goodness for that! Were it only for officers I should never have been allowed in.)

Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-23 13:03

#5 Kerry is such a bloody embarrassment to the US and himself. His diplomatic trips are such a waste o' jet fuel.

Greetings from Glasgow, Rantburgers.

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2014-06-23 12:20

#4 It's OK, al-Sissi is an old soldier---he can sleep with his eyes open while standing at attention.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-06-23 11:50

#3 Active suppression of political opposition back home? Matthew 7:3 comes to mind. At least Egypt didn't have much of record of a real republic, something the Secretary can't claim when they do such stuff.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-06-23 09:03

#2 Standards have been raised? You now have to listen to a Kerry lecture to get the boodle? No, no, no not the lecture, please not the lecture.

Posted by: JohnQC 2014-06-23 07:30

#1 As also linked or related to ... ...

* RUSSIA TODAY > "US WILL ACCEPT ANY EGYPTIAN AUTHORITY THAT CONTROLS [+ stabilizes] THE TERRITORY" [Country].

UK Professor of ME History Lawrence Donaldson.

Ditto from Libya to Ukraine-Crimea to Iraq + East Asia???

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [CNN] OBAMA: "NO SOLUTION" IFF IRAQI POLITICAL STRUCTURE NOT FIXED.

* SAME > OBAMA: NOTION THAT [newbie] SYRIAN OPPOSITION COULD HAVE OUTLASTED [andor OUTFOUGHT] ASSAD [+ veteran, violent Rival Militant-Opposition Groups] WID US ARMS IS A "FANTASY" - CBS NEWS.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-06-23 02:10

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